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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. Ihe Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wt GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Advet> tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1902. £1.00 A YEAB. MUT THE PALMETTO STATE, Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. fcvrnt* tlmt Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Called from KxehauKe* for Quick Heading by Scores of Itusy People. The Cerolina Glass Works in Colum bia began operations Wednesday. Amos Singleton, an escaped convict who is wanted in Florence, shot and seriously wounded Policeman A. D. ■Owens at Sumter Wednesday while resisting arrest. Singleton escaped. J. W. Chivis, a young white man of St. Matthews, was robbed of #85 in Columbia oue night last week by another white man whom he had re cently meT. The robbery occurred at a bouse of questionable character. A reward of #250 has been offered by the insurance companies for the conviction of the incendiary who fired the gin house of W. J. Mosley at Montmorenci some time ago. The overnor has also offered a reward of 100. The governor has suspended Mag istrate Boykins of Lamar, Darlington county, for performing the marriage for a white man and a negro girl. Boykin has also been bound over to court and will be dealt with accord ing to law. The people of Edgefield are against the proposed foimation of a new coun ty from parts of Edgefield and Aiken counties with North Augusta as the county seats, and will make a vigor ous fight against it. Aiken has an election for mayor this fall. Mayor Emanuel will not stand for re-election. Heretofore there has been no salary attached to the office. The council will be petitioned to pay a salary of #000 to the next mayor. Mr. W. F. Brown, of Pacolet, lost a fine cow one day laat week. The ani mal was standing under a tree at Mr. Brown’s farm when u rainstorm came up. A flash of lightning struck the tree, and the bolt also struck the ani mal, killing her instantly. An attempt was made to wreck the Coast Line train No. 32 near Selma on the Columbia and Wilmington di vision one night last week. Several croesties wero placed on the track, but the engine made kindling wood of them and was not hurt. Saturday afternoon the southbound vestibule on the Southern railroad, while running at a hit»h rale of speed between Fair Forest and Welford ran over and killed a negro woman who was on the track. The name of the unfortunate human being could not be ascertained. Capt. John S. Wiison, the venera ble probate judge of Chester county, was found in his office Friday about 12 o’clock in a helpless condition, having received a stroke of paralysis some time during the morning. Ho could talk, but very indistinctly, and asked to be taken borne. He sank rapidly and died Friday night after being unconscious for five hours. At a hot supper near Beaufort, Laurens county, Frlr.ay night, # Bum Williams and Jack Robinson, two ne groes, engaged in a shooting scrape, with the n suit that Bum was mor tally wounded, dying in a few hours afterwards, and Jack is in jail. He was shot twice, but the wounds are slight. Bum was a bad negro and Jack shot him in self defense. This will be his plea when the case comes to trial the third week of this month. Some time ago the secretary of *tate issued a commission to the Carolina and Western Railroad com pany, which is to run some miles from a point on the Charleston and Western Carolina road in Hampton county out in the direction of the Charleston and Savannah road. Satur day the return was filed and the char ter secured. The principal place of business is to be Fecht. The capi tal stock is #50,000 with the privilege of increasing to #100 000. The body of a white man was found Saturday morning lying near the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad track about one mile east of Varnvllle in Hampton county. One arm was cut off and his skull was crushed at the base. He bad been lu and around Varnvllle for the last ten days and was Isst seen about dark Friday eight. In conversation with some parties be gave his nsme J. P. Gallardo, and claimed he was from Spain. Tbers were no blood ■tains where the body was found and it is thought by soms that be was mardersd and bis body placed on tbs track by tbs murderer. James Hammond, tbs man who at tempted the life of Superintendent G. A. Buchanan, of the Arcade mill, Rock Hill, some months ago. is under arrest at Newton, N. C., awaiting a requisition. Hammond got himself into a difficulty with Superintendent Buchanan and snapped a revolver pointblank at Mr. Buchanan’s breast. Homebody) interfered before he was able to repeat the attempt success fully. He made his escape shortly afterward, and a warrant was sworn out for his arrest on the charge of as sault aod battery with intent to kill. Sheriff Logan, of York, was notified on Thursday that Hammond had been caught at Newton; but that he re fused to come to South Carolina with out a requisition. It will probably be a week before Hammond is brought back to this State. Capt. Hell for Solicitor. The following article, clipped from the Rock Hill Herald, was taken from the Etta Jane correspondence of the Yorkville Yeoman and no doubt voices the sentiments of a large num ber of Cherokeeans: “The correspondent at this place, writing to the Gaffney Ledger, sug gests Capt. Jas. B. Bell for solicitor at the expiration of Mr. Henry’s term, in case that gentleman don’t stand for re-election. This sugges tion, we believe, w ill meet the appro bation of a large majority of the good people of York county. Capt. Bell is a native of York county and since locating at Gaffney has built up a large and increasing law practic. For four years be has been secretary and treasurer of the County Democratic committee and has given entire satis faction in the discharge of his duties. It is reasonable to suppose that by the next election Cherokee county will cast 3 000 votes—practically all for Capt. Bell. To this add those be will gf.t in York county, in case there is no strong candidate, and that makes him a formidable candidate in the field. Everything indicates that he would cross the Catawba river with 5 000, and that assures his elec tion, we think ” Court Proceeding*. In Friday’s issue we gave the court proceedings up to Thursday night. Friday morning argument was begun in the case of Wash Lipscomb, Paul Lipscomb and Hilas Lipscomb, ail colored, for the killing of Holmes Byars, also colored, last spring. J. B. Bell and J. 0. Jefferies represented Wash, and T B. Butler defended Paul and Silas, while Solicitor Henry and G. W. Speer appeared for the state. The arguments consumed ail the morning and were concluded about one o’clock in the afternoon. The case was then given to the jury and at 5 p. m. a verdict, of man slaughter was rendered against Wash Lipscomb and Paul and Silas were ac quitted. Wash was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary and his two sons released. After dinner, when the arguments in the Lipscomb case had been con cluded. the ca«e of Gaffney against the Southern Railway came up and continued until Saturday noon, when court adjourned until Monday morn ing. Court resumed business again yes terday morning and the case of New ton G. Littlejohn vs. W. Sam Lip scomb was taken up. This case con sumed the entire day and is not yet ended. HaptlMt Itevlval. The revival services at the First Baptist church opened on Sunday with two sermons by the pastor. Last night Rev. W. H. Hodges, pastor of the Buford Street Methodist church, preached. Rev. W. C. Newton, of Greensboro. N. C., will arrive this morning and will commence his work at the First Baptist church tonight at 8 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to all of the services, ami from all wu hear of Mr. Newton there is a treat in store for all who attend. Morning service, Limestone College, it o’clock ; afternoon service. First Baptist church; night service, First Baptist church 8 o'clock. liou’t Imagine that all Hours are alike. There is a difference, a big difference. So much depends upon having pure, white and nutritious flour that the subject is worthy your careful inves tigation and consideration. You will be better satisfied in se lecting "Clifton” flour, a fact that everyone who knows anything about flour will tell you. In purity, white ness and quality, “Clifton” flour ex cels all other flours. Don’t imagine that because “Clif ton” flour Is a high grade flour that the price is high, for the price le low; in reach of all bousekeeperi. Cheap flour is dear at any price, while 1 'Clif ton” le the least expeosive, and Is tbs very best you can buy. Bkavsfobd Milll, Owensboro, Ky. VETERANS AT WORK SECURING ROLLS Of York Soldiers Who Went to the War. INFORMATION WANTED To II«Ip Complete the Koll* as the Com mittee Desires to Make Them Perfect— A Model York Couuty f armer and Ills Karly Experiences. (Correspondence of The Lodger.) Etta Jane, Oct. 4.—Your corre spondent spent Wednesday of this week at Hickory Grove with the com mittee appointed by the United Con federate Veterans in helping to get up a roll of the soldiers who went from what is now Broad township, in York county, to the late war. The committee present were: Messrs. John Ramsey, Robert W. Whitesides, John M. Menno, William 8. Wiiker- son, Joseph M. Whiteside and John Harris Wylie. This committee had either in person or by agent made a thorough canvass of the township and got all the names they could find or bear of. They comparea lists to see that no name appeared on any two or more of them. They then enrolled the names with the list of casualties re ported in each case. This list will be revised at a meeting of the committee after it has published the names of those about whom the committee had very little information, asking any one who could give that information to do so. By this means the commit tee hopes to accomplish a work which will prove, we think, absolutely per fect in the end, or at least us nearly so as it is possible to make it. We see no other way of doing than that adopted by our York county friends. When this committee has finished its work then its list will be turned over to an expert copyist to place on the book prepared <or that purpose. We hope our people will be able to accomplish this work in Cherokee county in us business-like u way as our over-the-river neighbors are con ducting it. The work is practical, and it only requires patience and perse- verence to perform it. It’s a great mistake the State made in spending money upon this work to so little purpose. It might as well have been thrown away as for the good it has done. While on the York side of the river we spent the tight with Mr VV. S. WilKerson and saw his molasses man ufactory, and found it one of the best (quipped plants of the kind in this part of the S»ate, and the output is the highest grade that can be made from the cane cultivated hereabouts. He lias made this season about 1,000 gallons, and that is extra fine. Ho puts it in cans .or market. It is put up nicely and labeled and finds ready sale wherever offered. Mr. Scott Cobb is foreman at the manufactory. He has had several years experience at the business. Each year Mr. Wiiker- son adds some improvement to the plant until he has it about absolutely perfect. It will pay any one to go and see Mr. Wilkerson’s arrange ments at his mills He drives his saw mill, cotton gin, thresher and cane mill all with the same engine without moving either of them—only adjusts the band for the work he wants done. Besides his machinery Mr. Wilkerson has a model farm Everything is arranged for conven ience and comfort, both for man and beast. His system of terracing is in keeping with his other work and his methods would be well worth the time and trouble it would take others to test them. He is simply a. com mon sense, practical man, and he is raising a family of four boys to follow in his footsteps. Besides bis atten tion to home matters he never allows a worthy object to pass without giv ing it such financial or other encour agement as he thinks it deserves. Mr. Wilkerson is the son of a widow lady. Her husband L.his father) died leaving her with a family of small children of which he was the eldest, but too small to be of any help to her. she was a seumtress and by her needle and scissors worked aod raised her children. His school advantages were such as w» re fur nished by the common schools of the country, but the war came on too soon for him to get the advantage of even these. He went into the war at the age of seventeen years, joining Co. G of the Palmetto Sharpshooters, where he remained until the close of that eventful crisis. His delicate constitution and youth exposed him to dangers Incidental to oamp life anl his health began to fall just before the lines around Richmond were broken. Arrangements were being mad# to assign him to light duty in theolty, when Grant’s army broke through the linee aod made the evac uation of Rlohmond a military neces sity. He remained with his command until the final end. Returning home, like the rest, he found everything gone except friends and honor. A mere boy—not over 20 years old—he set to work with his only brother and three sisters to make a living for themselves and their mother. About 1808 be started a tan-yard and got to work just before the Ku Klux war came on, which broke him up for a few years. He, like others ot York county accused of being a member of the mystic order, was taken up and kept in prison for some time, butfinally wasdischarged, when he resumed his tanning and homemade shoe business. This be kept up for some years and made good money out of it. Early in his business career Mr. John Smith, a wealthy planter or Broad river, saw in the young man a trait of character and business that impelled him to tender him such fi nancial aid as he might need. Mr. Wilkerson, however, conducted bis business on safe plans and finally succeeded. He married Miss Nancy Scoggins, than whom there is not a more thorough business woman in York or any other county, and to her energy and help Mr. Wilkerson owes much for bis success. For several years Mr. Wilkerson has been a member of the county board of York county and hejis recog nized as one of the best qualified men ever connected with that office. This year he positively refused to become a candidate for re-election, while a strong influence was brought to bear on him to run for either county su pervisor or the State legislature, pre ferring to remain at home and attend to bis own business affairs, j. l. s. A NEW TRAIN. The Southern Will Soon Put on » Flyer Be tween New York and the South 3T3J It has been known for some time that the Southern Railway officials intended putting on a new train over their road between New York and the South. It was their intention to put on this new train on the first of this month, but it now develops that on account of some misunderstand ings with certain connecting lines the arrangements cannot be com pleted until about the 18th inst. This new train, Hie "fast flyer,” will literally annihilate distance. It will carry only mail coaches at first and is intended to break all previous records from the "land of sleet and snow to where the orange blossoms grow.” Later on, after the new schedule has been satisfactorily test ed, sleepers will he attached to the train for the benefit of passengers. It seems that the schedule has not yet beeu completed for the entire run, at least it hasn’t b< en given out; I but it lias been stated by those in po sition to know that the “flyer” will leave New York at 2:20 a. m. and reach Washington about 7 a. m., Churlote between 4 and 5 p. m.. Gaffney about 7 p. m. ami Atlanta somewhere about midnight, thus lessening the present time between New York and Atlanta six or seven hours. New York papers will reach the South on the same day of publication and Gaffney people will receive their northern mail late in tiie afternoon of the day it is sent, instead of next morning, as at present. It is also reported that there will be several changes made iu the schedule of some of the trains now running when the new train is out on. The two northbound passenger trains which pass here in the after noon and evening will probably be made to arrive two or three hours earlier than at present. The Southern is having a heavy traffic now, both in freight and pas sengers,and it is said that its cars and engines are not sufficient in number to handle the immense business being done over its lines—in other words, there is a car famine id the South. The Southern Railway is a powerful system and it is very much in need of the double track, which, if reports be true, it will soon have between Washington and Atlanta. Hralu-Food NoiiMen*e. Another ridiculous food faa has been branded by the most competent authorities. They have dispelled the silly notion that one kiud of food is needed for brain, another for muscles, and still another for bones. A cor rect diet will not only nourish a par- t'cul&r part of the body, but it will sustain every other part. Yei, how ever good yoUr food may be, its nutri ment is destroyed by indigestion or dyspepsia. You must prepare for their appearance or prevent tbelr coming by taking regular doses of Green's August Flower, the favorite medicine of the healthy millions. A few dosoi aids digestion, stimulates the liver to healthy action, purifies the blood, and makes you feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get this relia ble remedy at Oberokee Drug Oo. Get Qreeu’e Special Almanac. Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 8:67 Middllng................ «««•• 8:50 THROUGHOUT THE T>R HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. IntereMUng IteniH Concrming Our Ncijcl*- born Beyond the Line Which May Frovt Kutertainliig Heading for Hundred" of Ledger Keadera, All is quiet in Elizabeth City. The message on the jail wall that Wiicox was in danger puroorted nothing. The prisoner is in no danger of mob violence. A reward is offered for the party who posted the threatening notice. Mr. J. B. Makepeace, one of San ford’s mos» highly respected citizens, shot himself through the heart Thurs day at his home in Sanford. Despon dency and nervous prostration on ac count of over work is supposed to be the cause. The Winston-Salem Gas and Light ing Company was reorganized Satur day. The new owners are men of wealth and prominence and they pro pose to make many improvements on the piant, making it one of the best in the South. Friday morning there was a fisticuff in the court house at Durham be tween Deputy Sheriff J. J. Tnaxto- and bis father-in-law, Mr. Simeon Hester, who lives a few miles west of that city. It is the second ch.m*er in a family difficulty, and Mi 1 * u. t ' •< not ye* in sight Mr. Robt King of Salisbury, hut received a letter from his bother, Mr. Will King, who ha bem in u. Klondike for eight yeir*, tellir g bin that he will return to North nunilir- this month. Mr King, who is yet a young man, left horn* ibip.-en y^ars ago and has accumulated a fortune in Alaska. The story that Senator Hanna, of Ohio, would make several speeches in North Carolina is positively contra dicted by a letter received by Mr. E. I. Frost, of Salisbury, in answer to an invitation to .Senator Hanna to speak at that place. The letter states that engagements already made will fully occupy his time before the elec tion and that he will consequently be unable to come South at all. About a week ego the residence of M. C. Williams, tivo miles west of Statesville, was entered while Mr. Williams and his wife were out on the farm, and a quanity of clothing, a pistol and Mrs. Williams’ purse containing two or three dollars it change were stolen. Deputy Sheriff Ward succeeded iu arresting the Ihiel, George Dixon, colond, at Stony Point, Thursday, and at, the trial Fri day Dixon was committed to jail in default of bond. Most of the cloth ing taken Dixon had. with him when arrested. Mr. A. Htronach, of Raleigh, Fri day afternoon had a narrow escape from what might have proven fatal. He had bis hand within three inches of a spreading adder, one of the most poisonous of all varieties of snakes. Mr. Stronach was starting on a ride and reached down to pull up a owitch when he saw the snuke. He thought it was a harmless king snake but when rt.e reptile crawled out it proved to be a large spreading adder, 31 feet iu length. The snake puffed out and spit yellow venom for four feet. Mr. Daien Stronach killed the snake with a stick. It was a fine specimen of this most poisonous variety. Clarence Ayers, a young white man and an employe of the Standard Ice and Fuel Company, of Charlotte, was shot In Wilkinson's restaurant, on West, Trade street, in that city at 9 o’clock Saturday night, by a negro boy named John Moseley. Ayers states that he entered the restaurant to buy a sundwitch and jostled against Moseley, who immediately became quarrelsome and insulting. Provoked by the negro’s cursing Ayers started at Moseley, who step ped back, drew a revolver and fired with the pistol two feet from Ayers' face. Then the negro fled out of the rear door of the restaurant and so far has eluded the search of the police. Ayers will recover. There is a rule in Newbern among the colored citizens that but onn man must love any one girl. Friday night this rule was broken and as a result one negro lies at the point of death and another Is in jail without privilege of bail. Augustus Hutcbi- sou aod Markey Fenner, two large negroes, became infatuated with the charms of a woman and much rivalry has existed recently. Friday night Hutchlaoo accompanied the object of his affections to church, which caused Fenner to sulk. After the services Hutchison and Fennar met to daoldc the matter and In conclusion Hutchi son drew his gun and shot Fenner in the abdomen. The affair caused a great deal of excitement among the people in the locality. The United Stages Court which convened in Greensboro yesterday will be of unusual interest because it is at this lerm that the defendants in the famous Amos Owens Cherry Tree cases are expected to refund the money fraudulently obtained from the public in the celebrated swindle. There is great interest in the outcome of this arrangement, and Receiver Cowles is expected to have a big amount on hand to be distributed among those who were buncoed. It is said that the defendants are going to put up a stiff plea of inability to raise the amount they secured from cherry tree buyers, but if they de pend on former leniency, a lawyer who is interested in the case said, they had just as well make up their minds to "shell out” or go to the penitentiary. A most distressing accident occur red in Union county south of Monroe Friday. A man, Mr. Wesley Quick, was attending the gin. Suddenly his hand was caught and drawn into the gin, going in until the shoulder was ree.ched, when it could go no further. For some time the poor man stood thus with the fearful grinding of the saws going on tearing the flesh iu shreds from the bones. A negro hand on the yard heard his screams and succeeded in stopping the ma chinery. He then ran to help Mr. Quick, and in his excitement jerked his arm out so violently as to tear the hand, what remained of it, entirely off. A physician happend to be near by, or the man would no doubt have quickly bled to death. The arm was : Ter. rff by th? doctors three inches from the shoulder. SOUTHERN AND CIRCUSES. TliU Hoad Decllue* to Handle ThU Charac ter of BtHineHH. If the following from the Charlotte News be true, G if ity w i l not have a circus this winter: "The cities and towns along the line of the Southern, not touched by other railroads, will have to make up their minds to do without the circus. The Southern has flatly refused to haul this character of business unless the show people subscribe to the new- made rules laid down by the officials at Washington. It is useless to add that circus owners will not, under any condition, agree to ri k their be longings unless the rai road will give them some kind of protection. This state of affairs is due to the big smash up of Buffalo Bill’s train near Salisbury. N. C., last fall. Owing to the ovt-riight of ho operator in des ignating the number of trains en route for the Buffalo Bill movement, oue of the specials ran into a freight and was literally torn to pic-cefe. A great number of damage suits re sulted and the cost to the Southern was in the neighborhood of #100,000. The Southern figures that it is best to steer clear of this class of business, especially as traffic, is heavy, both in freight and the passenger depart ments.” Mr.CarHou Cone to Kock Hill. Frank Carson, who for a long time was connected with the clerical foroo of the Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany’s store, has severed his coonec- tion with that concern to accept a more lucrative position with a large dry goods firm in Rock Hill, Messrs. A Freidheim tfc Bro. Mr. Carson was a genial and gen tlemanly young man, and during hir stay in our midst he made himself popular with the other young men of the city and won the respect and es teem of the older onrs We regret very much to have him leave Gaffney, but hope the change will be beneficial to him; and we certainly wish him great success in his new position. Mr. Calloway Keturu*. Mr. Winters Galloway, formerly a resident of this city, but who for sev eral years has been bookkeper for a bank in Milledgeville, Ga., has re turned to Gaffney to accept a like po sition with Carroll, Carpenter & Byers —the same position he very ably filled a few years ago. prior to his go ing into business for himself. Mrs. Galloway and little son, Francis, will soon join him here. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Gallo way back to Gaffney, and trust their future days iu our midst may be both pleasant and profitable. A New Attorney In Gaffney. Mr. J. Emile Harley, a prominent and rising young attorney of Willis- ton. Bare well county, has moved to Gaffney for the practice of bis profes- siou, and occupies rooms la the Star Theatre building. Mr. Harley la a young gentleman of polite address aod pleaalog person ality aod wa are glad to have him with ot. Wa with him aoooeaa in hla oaw (laid.